US Patent Issued to KOPPERS PERFORMANCE CHEMICALS on July 29 for "Wood preservative composition comprising 4,5-dichloro-2-octylisothiazol-3(2H)-one, a method treating a wood substrate therewith, and a wood product produced therefrom" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,716, issued on July 29, was assigned to KOPPERS PERFORMANCE CHEMICALS INC. (Pittsburgh).

"Wood preservative composition comprising 4,5-dichloro-2-octylisothiazol-3(2H)-one, a method treating a wood substrate therewith, and a wood product produced therefrom" was invented by Min Kuang (Peachtree City, Ga.) and Jun Zhang (Peachtree City, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wood preservative composition comprising 4,5-dichloro-2-octylisothiazol-3(2H)-one, a method of treating a wood substrate therewith, and a wood product produced therefrom are provided. The wood preservative composition comprises at least 0.5% by weight of DCOI based o...